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06-05-2008, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa oklahoma | | | McDonalds "milk shake" is starting to scare me.
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i ordered a milk shake with my combo meal at Mcdonalds today. it was too much food so i didn't finish the shake. it is now sitting here at my desk. the thing is no longer frozen and is closer to room temperature now. here is the scarry part, the consistancy of the "milk shake" is the exact same as when it was frozen.  , this phenomena is quite disturbing, and i am wondering if the substance that i have consumed is intended for human consumption.
should i go induce vomiting or see a physician? 
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06-05-2008, 02:34 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:36 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | They have some kind of Neapolitan concoction at Del Taco. That scares me. |
06-05-2008, 02:36 PM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | | I haven't had a McD's "shake" in years, now I remember why.
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06-05-2008, 02:42 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Oh, I like their milkshakes. Sure ain't done me any harm! I might even have one tomorrow, spurred on by this thread! |
06-05-2008, 02:45 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I think you should avoid McDonalds.
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06-05-2008, 02:48 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | | There is no milk in their "milkshakes".
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06-05-2008, 02:49 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:51 PM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | | If they had McDonald's shakes in There Will Be Blood, the movie would've been a lot longer. |
06-05-2008, 02:51 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Sawdust and oatmeal with sugar. Mmmmmmmm. |
06-05-2008, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by baba There is no milk in their "milkshakes". | I heard that potato starch is used as a thickening agent in the shakes!  |
06-05-2008, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC) They're doing amazing things with spackle these days. | I know. That's what holds Spam together. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Chris2112 I heard that potato starch is used as a thickening agent in the shakes! | And the McNuggets contain an anti-foaming agent.  I don't know about you, but I've never seen foamy chickens before.
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06-05-2008, 04:00 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | I prefer a Frosty from Wendys... unless it's a Shamrock Shake! |
06-05-2008, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Big Island | | I am suspicious of your observations. McDonalds now uses real dairy products in their shakes and they DO NOT stay nice and thick they way their original shakes did when at room temperature. Their new vanilla shakes are yellowish instead of the pure white, like they used to be. I like the old purely fake shakes better than the new ones! 
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06-05-2008, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris2112 I heard that potato starch is used as a thickening agent in the shakes! | It's seaweed, dude. Seaweed. From the Straight Dope archives: Quote: |
Originally Posted by Cecil Adams Dear Cecil:
I have heard that McDonald's milkshakes contain seaweed. Can this be true? --J.M., Arlington Heights, Illinois
Cecil replies:
Absolutely. But the real shocker is that every McDonald's hamburger contains chopped-up pieces of--brace yourself--dead cow. So let's not get hung up on a little seaweed.
McDonald's milkshakes, along with a great many other products, contain a seaweed extract called carrageenan, which is used as a thickener and emulsifier. (It keeps the butterfat in the shake from separating out.) Carrageenan comes from Irish moss, a red, bushy seaweed that grows on coastal rocks near, among other places, Carragheen, Ireland, whence the name. (You can also find it in Maine, the Canadian maritimes, and various European localities.)
You either collect the stuff on the beach by hand or use a special long-handled rake. Carrageenan is extracted from the moss with hot water and used in milk-based products, soft drinks (for "body"), gelatin (it's the part that jells), etc. Not all that carcinogenic and what the hell, centuries ago they used it to treat ulcers. So hold your nose and swig away. | Here's the full article: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_097b.html. Funny and educational; you can't beat that! |
06-05-2008, 04:14 PM
| | | If a french dude uses something exotic on food, he is a genius. If Mcdonalds do that,they are evil.
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06-05-2008, 04:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Florida | | | i used to buy 'herbs' from a mickey d's manager who conviently gave out milk shakes free, with each purchase.
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06-05-2008, 04:32 PM
| | | McDonalds uses Space Age ingredients, duh. 
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06-05-2008, 04:36 PM
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